Encourages London team (5)
I believe the answer is:
spurs
This clue might be a double definition.
'encourages' is the first definition.
(spurring is a kind of encouraging)
'london team' is the second definition.
'spurs' can be an answer for 'team' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'london' bit.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spurs that I've seen before include "soccer team" , "is stimulating" , "Kicks out" , "One side of London" , "Goads" .)